Railway-bumping-post brace.



L. E. SCHUCH.

RAILWAY BUMPING POST BRACE. APPLICATION FILED APR.28. 191s.

Patented July 6, 1915.

RAILWAY-BUMPING-POST BRACE.

Application filed April 28, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS E. SCI-IUCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Railway-Bumping- Post Braces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway bumping posts and more particularly to that class of posts with which the railway irons or rails form a combination.

The objects of my invention are: First. To stiffen and strengthen the railway rail at the point of greatest strain.- Second To keep the greatest of. bumper resistance in the direct line of striking force; inother words, to prevent the bumper posts from vibrating laterally. Third. To prevent the bumper post from kicking forward at the lower end. Fourth. To brace and strengthen the up-turned terminals of the railway rails.

I accomplish these'objects by means of the mechanism hereinafter described and also illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters represent like parts in all figures.

Figure l is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side-elevation of the same. F 1g. 3 is a perspective View of my inventlon disconnected from the railway rails and bumping post. Fig. 4 is a cross-section, taken on the line a-a Fig. 1, the same having the central brace bar removed, the intention of the figure being to show the manner in which my invention is attached to the railway rails.

In all figures, A is'the large, pyramidicalshaped support on the top of which rests the rear portion of the large casting C.

B is the bumping post'proper.

D is the bumping block.

E. F. and G are railway ties.

l and 2 are the two rails of the railway.

3 and 4 are the up-turned ends of said rails.

5, 6 and 7 are bolts adapted to bind the free ends of said up-turned ends of said rails to said casting C.

8 and 9 are bolts adapted to bind the bumper block D and said casting C to the post B.

10 is the foundation on which sald bumper post B and support A rest.

11 and 12 are the two arms of my brace Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July G, 1915. Serial No. 24,572.

which is formed of channel iron.

13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 are bolts adapted to bind the ends of said brace to the railway rails.

It is to be noted by reference to Fig. 4 how the ends of my channel iron brace fit into the side recesses or grooves of said railway rails and strengthen them.

19 is a quadruple-nutted bolt adapted to brace and steady the two converging arms of my brace. It is to be noted that each end of this bolt has two nuts, one of which is on the inside and within the channel of the channel iron and the other is on the outside of said iron. By this arrangement of said nuts each side of said brace is held steady and prevented from vibrating laterally.

20 is a straight bar of channel iron'positioned on the central the two arms of said brace and spiked down to the ties by means of the spikes 21, 22 and 23, one end of said bar being olfsetted and adapted to fit into the channel of said brace at the apex of the angle formed by the two arms thereof.

24 is a bolt adapted to bind together the olf-setted end of said bar, the apex end of said brace, said bumping post and said support by means of nut 25.

26 is one of several spikes adapted to secure said casting C to the top face of said support A.

Having thus described my invention in detail and by illustrations, I will now describe it as a working mechanism. In the and bent out of one piece dividing line between first actual use of the aforesaid invention on which my invention is an improvement, the bumping were both deeply seated in the earth. Afterward, the support A was simply set on a firm foundation the top of which was on a level with the rails. At a still later period, the bumping post proper was also set on a firm foundation after the same manner as said support, and this is the manner in which said post and said support are at the present time used. The reason for the changes as described above is found in the fact that the constant jarring "of said post and said support caused the dirt to work under the lower ends of said post and support, which in course of time raised said post and said support out of the ground, or at least tended to do so. After the aforesaid change, it was found out that the lower end of said post proper tended to kick in the direction from which the striking force came and on that account the whole and entire mechanism little by little became dismembered and weakened. By means of my invention,the lower end of said post proper is held firmly in position and the consequent weakening of the whole device as described above is overcome.

Having thus described my invention in detail, by illustrations and as a working mechanism, what I claim is 1. In a railway bumping post brace, channel iron bent and formed into a V-shape, the free end portions of the sides thereof being bent into lines parallel with each other and parallel. also with a central line cutting the central point of the apex portion at approximately right angles thereto.

2. In a railway bumping post brace,

channel iron bent and formed into a V- shape, the free end portions of the sides thereof beingv bent into lines parallel with each other. and parallel also with a central line cutting the central point of the apex portion at approximately right angles thereto, in combination with a straight bar of channel iron lying in said central line and spikes and bolts, one of said bolts being adapted to bind and secure firmly together the apex portion of said brace, and preferably one end of said bar, the lower end of the bumping post proper and the lower end of the support for a casting attached to said bumping post proper, other of said bolts being adapted to bind and secure firmly together the parallel free ends of said brace and the rails of a railway, said spikes being adapted to bind and secure firmly together said bar of channel iron and the ties on which it rests.

3. A railway bumping post brace, consisting of iron bent and formed in a V-shape, a bolt engaging the apex end of said brace, another bolt connecting the sides of said brace, and still other bolts connecting said brace to railway rails and spikes connecting said bar of iron to the railway ties, said first mentioned bolt being adapted to bind and 'secure firmly the apex portion of said brace to the bumping post proper and the support for the casting attached to the face of said bumping post proper.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS E. SCI-IUCH.

WVitnesses:

J OHN SAUER, C. M. BECHTEL.

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